Internet Gaming more than 3 Hours a Day is Indicative and more than 5 Hours is Diagnostic: Proposal of Playing Time Cutoffs for WHO-11 and DSM-5 Internet Gaming Disorder Based on a Large Steam Platform Dataset

摘要

We determine two daily playing time cutoffs, relevant for indicating and diagnosing Internet Gaming Disorder. The analysis is based on previous prevalence statistics and a large-scale database, housing all kinds of game genres and user types.